College of Basic and Applied Sciences Administration

The College of Basic and Applied Sciences administrative offices are located in the Science Bldg., located next to the James E. Walker Library. The college office is open from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The detailed contact information can be found on the individual staff pages below. We invite you to view our home page as well as those from each of the eleven departments/schools that make up our college.


	Dean Greg Van Patten Office: SCI 1022	Associate Dean Saeed D. Foroudastan Office: SCI 1026

Jared Bryson

CBAS Development Director

Jared Bryson
Office: SCI 1010
Phone: 615-898-5003
Mail: MTSU Box 83 l Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Responsibilities
The CBAS Development Officer is responsible for all aspects of fundraising for the College of Basic & Applied Sciences. Duties include raising funds for scholarships, professorships, building projects, and capital campaigns. Most importantly, the Development Officer facilitates relationships with donors, which leads to larger gifts in the future and also helps build a history of giving to Middle Tennessee State University.

Assistant to the Dean

Marlene Lawson
Office: SCI 1018
Phone: 615-898-5419
Mail: MTSU Box 83 | Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Responsibilities
The Assistant to the Dean is responsible for coordinating administrative duties of the dean's office, including synthesis of data and material for college-wide reports for analysis and planning purposes, coordinating and reconciling budgets of the dean's office, providing information and oversight in human resource management, and planning and executing projects and special duties as assigned.

Administrative Associate

Melissa Burnett
Office: SCI 1020
Phone: 615-898-2613
Mail: MTSU Box 83 | Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Responsibilities
The Administrative Associate to the Dean is responsible for coordinating and providing administrative and secretarial support to the office of the Dean. The Administrative Associate serves as a resource to the eleven reporting departments and four centers within the College and is also responsible for researching policies, procedures and guidelines, coordinating and reconciling foundation budgets, overseeing work presented from Chairs for accuracy and coordinating/planning special events and projects.

Executive Assistant

Bethany Lawson
Office: SCI 1024
Phone: 615-494-7618
Mail: MTSU Box 83 | Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Responsibilities
The Executive Assistant for the college provides secretarial and clerical support to the associate dean of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences and to the directors of the following graduate programs: M.S. in Professional Science, Ph.D. in Computational Science, Ph.D. in Mathematics and Science Education and Ph.D. in Molecular Biosciences. She is responsible for assisting with the coordination and planning of special events and projects in the college including the MSPS internship presentations, the MSPS and PhD budgets, monitoring the MSPS and PhD web pages, assisting students with application and registration processes, ordering for the programs and maintaining student files.

ORSP External Grant Coordinator

Julie Darbonne
Office: ING
Phone: 615-898-2400
Mail: MTSU Box 124 | Murfreesboro, TN 37132 https://www.mtsu.edu/research/staff.php

Responsibilities
Supports faculty and staff with hiring, procurement and travel related to external grant activities.

ORSP Internal Grant Coordinator

Katie Medrano Office: ING
Phone: 615-904-8040
Mail: MTSU Box 124 | Murfreesboro, TN 37132 https://www.mtsu.edu/research/staff.php

Responsibilities Provides internal operational support, including faculty start-ups, internal research funding, procurement and personnel (hiring, termination, extra comp, summer salary).

Instructional Technology Specialist

Gary Wallace
Office: SCI 1140
Phone: 615-898-5518
Mail: MTSU Box 83 | Murfreesboro, TN 37132
ITD Service Portal

Responsibilities
The Instructional Technology Specialist for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences assists the college's departments in determining and modifying web content, GTA labs, researching computer needs and requirements, hardware repair, dealing with warranty issues, updating hardware/software and maintaining other associated equipment.

ITD Local Service Provider

Chris Kelley
Office: CAB 218
Phone: 615-898-5141
Mail: MTSU Box | Murfreesboro, TN 37132
ITD Service Portal

Responsibilities
Service MTSU inventoried computers, both hardware and software for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences. Additionally supply support for computer peripherals and give quotes on new equipment.

Technical Manager of MIMIC

Joyce Miller
Office: SCI 1028
Phone: 615-494-7976
Mail: MTSU Box 378 | Murfreesboro, TN 37132
MIMIC

Responsibilities
The Technical Manager is responsible for the daily management of MTSU’s Interdisciplinary Microanalysis and Imaging Center (MIMIC) core facility for microscopy and other characterization equipment. Her responsibilities include overseeing the daily operation of MIMIC, maintaining instrumentation, training new users, managing the accounting of MIMIC; assisting with teaching the microscopy courses, and, as time permits, service and contract work.